MathTime (sometimes MathTıme) is a
Times-style mathematical
typeface
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for
TeX
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, created by
Michael Spivak
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. MathTime has been widely adopted by
academic publishers such as by
Elsevier
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, the
American Physical Society
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, the
Mathematical Association of America
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, and
Springer
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.
Springer-Verlag
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section 9.2 (German
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) A distinguishable symbol in this font is the integral sign which appears in many mathematical, physical, and engineering journals.
Releases
MathTime 1.x & Plus
These versions were sold by (the now defunct) Y&Y.
Version 1.x contains math fonts (including italics) and symbols, while Plus added
bold and "heavy" (extra bold) styles.
MathTime Professional 2
Released by PCTeX, this is the current version of MathTime. It has a paid version known as Complete and a free version with limited features known as Lite.
Key features of MathTime Professional 2 include:
* Three optical sizes, for text (10
pt), super/subscripts (7pt), and second-order super/subscripts (5.5pt) respectively
* Italic "v" and "w" with rounded bottom
* Alternative italic "z" in the style of
Times Linotype (as opposed to the default in the style of Times New Roman)
* Large mathematical
operators
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The following features are exclusive to the Complete version:
* Bold italics of Greek characters
* Bold and heavy styles of basic math symbols
*
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* American Management Systems
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symbols, including bold and heavy styles
*
Script
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,
blackboard bold
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, and "holey Roman" (seriffed blackboard bold) fonts
MathTime has its own license (i.e., unrelated to the license of Times New Roman).
Related typefaces
* Belleek is a metrically identical (but significantly different in shape) free replacement font for MathTime 1.x.
Belleek was released by TrueTeX (Richard Kinch) in 1998.
* TM Math by MicroPress is another commercial math font
*
STIX fonts
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,
XTIS, and TeX Gyre Termes are Times-style math fonts released for free and/or under open source licenses
References
Footnotes
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